Chapters tagged foot workship

by Levantin

Chapter 32

The loud, shrill bell saved me at the very last second. The sound sliced through the hallway, doors swung open, and a wave of students pushed between us. “Sore muscles,” I blurted out hastily, pressing the heavy books even firmer against my groin as I took half a step back. “Fro...

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Chapter 46

The steady hum of the MacBook resting across my knees was the only sound cutting through the dim room. I sat cross-legged on the plush carpet, my back braced against the base of the bed. Above me on the mattress lay Loona, wearing silk shorts and a cropped tank top, legs bent as...

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Chapter 62

The muffled drone of the intercom shattered the heavy silence shortly past four. My heart skipped a full beat before pounding furiously against my ribs. Loona was already lounging on the cream sectional in the living room, legs crossed loosely, a cup of tea balanced in her hands...

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Chapter 81

The sharp click of Vanessa’s heels against the hardwood signaled our undoing before the front door had even swung shut behind us. With a deep, released groan, she kicked the expensive pumps from her feet, tossed her handbag onto the console table, and strolled into the living roo...

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Chapter 97

The bedroom lay wrapped in muted afternoon light. The curtains were half-drawn, and on the pristine bedspread, the matte-black case already sat open. "Take off your trousers and sit on the edge of the bed," Loona instructed, not turning around. "I want to see what I actually hav...

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Chapter 116

She pulled me up, but before I could reach for the fabric on the floorboards, she shoved my hands aside with an abrupt, dismissive motion. "Not so fast," she said softly. "You haven't earned a damn thing yet." I stood stark naked in the middle of the room, knees weak, cold shiv...

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Chapter 119

Nadja looked down at me for another lingering beat. A slow, sated smile spread across her features—the expression of someone who had enjoyed an amusing piece of theater and now decided the performance was over for the day. Picking her handbag up from the sofa, she smoothed her d...

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Chapter 120

The first pale light of Saturday filtered through the cracks in the curtains, slicing in a dull grey across the bedroom. Waking up was no gentle drifting toward consciousness, but an abrupt collision with the physical reality of my body. The moment I opened my eyes, the skin of...

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Chapter 132

The heavy silver tray felt cool and dense in my sweat-slicked hands as I used my elbow to ease open the double pocket doors of the salon. Inside, an almost meditative, bourgeois comfort held sway. Vanessa and Loona sat side by side on my father’s deep velvet sofa, legs drawn up,...

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Chapter 136

The night in my old childhood bedroom had been a single, drawn-out fever dream. Laced tight into damp lace, the steel cylinder pressing relentlessly against my pubic bone, I had lain awake for hours. Every time I shifted in the half-light, the padlock rattled softly against the w...